Kane
I
took my seat reluctantly, something about my father’s swooping in and booting the intruders from my office leaving me feeling like a chastised child, not a powerful alpha in my own right. I knew it wasn’t fair to think that way—he was leader of all wolves, after all. Of course he was stronger than I, with my one pack.
It still rankled, the feeling like someone running their hand the wrong way up my wolf’s back, and I did my best to shove aside my wounded pride as I faced him across the hand-carved cedar desk.
“They’ve shown up with a bogus anonymous tip, and they’re sniffing around our one pregnant she-wolf.”
Reed stiffened near imperceptibly at Gael’s words, and a murderous light glinted in my father’s eyes. We took women’s maternal safety seriously, as it was deeply personal
